Principals and assistant principals can struggle with a variety of distractions that curb their productivity each and every day. As the new school year gets underway, do you find yourself asking whether you are being as productive as you want to be?

As a school leader, I found I was able to amp up my productivity and I’d like to share with you a few tips and tricks:

Email. I spent 30 minutes on email before students arrived at school, then one hour after my children were in bed at night. NO MORE. You can’t build relationships over email, but you can sure ruin them if you aren’t setting aside the appropriate time to focus on your email communication.